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Geula Dagan, Israeli, 1925-2008.

Geula Dagan was born in Jerusalem in 1925 and grew up in the "Batei Selma" neighborhood in the city. Her father, Peretz Dagan, was one of the founders of the newspaper Doar Hayom. Between 1933 and 1937 she lived with her family in South Africa, where her father served as a shaliach (emissary) of the Zionist movement. After returning to Jerusalem she studied art and design at the New Bezalel and was active in the Hagana. At that time she was married for about a year to a member of the organization. After World War II she served as an emissary of the Jewish Agency in Germany. She then moved to Paris, France, where she studied art with artists such as the sculptor Zadkine. In 1953 she married the artist and historian of French art Guy Vilan. In 1967, following the Six-Day War, she returned to Israel and settled, first, in the Petra Hotel in the Old City and from 1972 in a house in the Yemin Moshe neighborhood.

Dagan's early work was in the medium of painting. She created expressive abstract paintings. After returning to Israel, she also began painting Jerusalem landscapes and nude sketches.

Education

1945- Bezalel, Jerusalem, with Mordecai Ardon
1947 Paris, France,with the sculptor Zadkine

Awards And Prizes

Scholarship from the Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
Prix Lisonne, International Salon, Milan, Italy